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8:44pm 13/05/2023
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By:AFP

The windmill “De Kat” in Zaanstad near Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Every morning for the past 42 years, Piet Kempenaar activates the world’s last remaining windmill that uses wind power to crush rocks into fine dust to make pigment for paint, the same way it was done almost 400 years ago.

Windmills in Zaanstad near Amsterdam. AFP
The windmill “De Kat” in Zaanstad. AFP
An employee of the windmill “De Kat” carries stones in a wheelbarrow in Zaanstad. AFP
An employee of the windmill “De Kat” handles color pigments in Zaanstad. AFP
Dutch miller Piet Kempenaar works at the windmill “De Kat” in Zaanstad. AFP
Dutch miller Piet Kempenaar poses for a picture at the windmill “De Kat” in Zaanstad. AFP

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